Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter; for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.

All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.

A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man.

Carefully avoid in yourself those things which distrub you in others.